| Stocks open slightly higher ahead of Fed meeting
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AP - Stocks inched higher Tuesday before the Federal Reserve concludes a meeting where it is expected to keep a key interest rate at historic lows.
| Housing construction drops 5.9 pct in February
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AP - Housing construction fell in February as winter blizzards held down activity in the Northeast and South. The decline highlighted the challenges facing builders as they struggle to emerge from the worst housing slump in decades.
| OPEC ministers to keep present output targets
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AP - Saudi Arabia's oil minister said Tuesday he expected OPEC to keep output steady for the rest of this year, in comments reflecting expectations that crude prices and supply are in sync with the fitfully recovering world economy.
| Fed weighs how and when to signal higher rates
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AP - Debate is heating up within the Federal Reserve over how and when to signal that the days of record-low interest rates are numbered.
| Landlords must pay taxes for renters to get credit
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AP - Missouri tax officials are warning people who live in rented housing that they do not qualify for a tax break unless their landlords pay property taxes. |